This is lovely! Well-written, and with sharp observations. I particularly like "Expecting equality will only bring heartache" and "I'd rather become a stranger to myself than hate him".
I have the same issues about accidental proselytizing when writing Narnia fic! I'm not religious, but writing Narnia fandom did weirdly make me understand the more universal aspects of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and I appreciate that. Narnia fandom is such a strange animal anyway, with its Christian roots and metric ton of fics about incest and bestiality.
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Date: 2009-04-16 05:11 am (UTC)I have the same issues about accidental proselytizing when writing Narnia fic! I'm not religious, but writing Narnia fandom did weirdly make me understand the more universal aspects of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and I appreciate that. Narnia fandom is such a strange animal anyway, with its Christian roots and metric ton of fics about incest and bestiality.